The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-23
YELLOWSTONE KIT
THE HISTORY Of A BAToa ROUGE NAN.

nhscherea Career % Henssaessr Of the
Human Raee- Remarkable influences
Over MankInd--Fortuns Made ana
Given Awny-E.lfs ~ Miner, Arbstra-
torand Travoier.
do you know, said prominent gentle
man yesterday, 10 representative Of che |
press, shat Yellowstone Kit Il enc os de
most remarkable men In this conntTyfH
have arrived at that conclusion my
self, replied the reporter, but il what re-
spect do you regard him 10 renarkebleYV
He is = genuine bensfRctor; q man who
10 q bountiful giver: friend Of the poor:
one who e1eFts singular influence over the
masses and gentleman in every sense of
the Word,n
Have you known him iongs"
About twenty years, and have never
known anything bad Of him. When first
saW him be was mining il the far West
Since then / have kept tFbea Of him. Dur-
ING bis stay IN Atlanta have seen him fire.
qnsBtlg and have watched bis movements
with considerable interest, / was In Peters
Park when tho Jubilee for the Confederate
veterans was broken up and tell sou / was
outraged q that proceeding, ,Bnt for that
Il interference the veterans would have made
$1,000: He IL the biggest hearted man 1
AZ elqpss everybody iuss now Is talking
/ qnfries and learned the following facts about
bis eheekaFed life. teiioHst0ne Kit VAS
born in the year 1859, Ia Baton Rouge, IL,
Although atlll . Young man-beiag only
geptHEea, perhaps than any other man Ia the
| United States. At present be Is d national
character, And is the best snoNn man IN the
npon his nobIs eEaTities I'D ID iastlg Ny
gafded Is 9 benefAst0F on bis race, Hia life
has been q eheekered ole,
1 ms soYHooB.
| When only nine years Of ago the arss chap
ter Of his eheckered life begap, Az that tens
der age he WAS sent 10 the Western frontier
with bis father and Two brothers.. Bpt
scarcely had they reared their hRbitati0n in
tbahgtld country, which was then sparselg set-
tied BIZ the whites and sfi4 ogeffun by the
Indiana, than The peRs Of the opening 81
bogtiiities between tic North and the South
reached them, hSts f4thef snd brothers
were loyal southerpelB full 81 fire and arn-
bition and love TOT theft native State, Leaving
the brave little fellow IN the care ut faith
| ful friend they left him and hastened back
10 the South. Upon their arrival at New Or
seeded from tbs Union end that COMPANIES
were forming Aud marching 70 the ff9nA,
| They did not delay one day, bns hastsnea to
enlist ~ pEigstes u one 81 VIZ volunteer
j 4R4AhhDAHAs sAg "a tAtN& AAtf HIS ~ AAftHA
iinbued With q lofty patTiotisnl and
sighting for q eagse which they considered
holy. soon distinguished Themselves on
the heid 0f battle. All three were speedily
pFolnqted, and we're regarded as brave,
sagaetons apd rising Young officers, Their
dreams Of fame were not allowed by Rf0gl;,
denee 10 become tfuR thelT bright Haagtlal
career was piRDed suddenly. Ibs truth oi
Tie immortal zines fT9m GTayig Eiegy--tat The
paths 81 glory lead but 10 the gTsYeH-- Yaa
eEenqDhded IN, tlleiT Fdestb. gne afiel
qnotler they fell upon tils n SEQ OF Young
alope. He was WITHOUT any educagopal NJ
yRptages except daily contact with the GHi-
tpred army officers, WITH these officers he
intenss oriRinGIity and brave snd RenerONa
nature, Even Tie indians, With whom ii6
was thr9Bp, admired the handsolne, daehIaa
boy. he ssemed tQ charm AZ cllasaes, frolll
: peculiar way he rpagpetized aBd bed faE-
/ cinated tgaen, women and children. HIS in
/ HUeace over saeEn even 81ep ne vas q ulerf
hey Wa PsP n iS5s a155s s asi1
ard actiYe,
BUsFIEa Won GID IN EHE NIEEs,
Under The protection "a hn ola miner eHi
young hero had his FIRST szgefienee " hunt
ipg. tn the pEeeio1g 9et9L ~ proved
III the eEmp. His seaEebinRs seemsd "a d
/ directed by some unseen spirit. WheTf
7 Others failed 70 dpd trace qf ore &Gang ~
I BlRklAa Aa1htBfef Rt4DE u tAAN R4AEpS ByA4l
/ Ii fhe laF aest eYeT folnd ia Tint region, Tnt
. magnificent chain Which. he nov wears
@9ade II the gold takeq tEom WV nugget,
! eilmulated a hapdsQEAe fortune. Some n
! lid egperiepeeg With the IainefS were tliRlt
/ liug, cpd his exploits Nele felnaiEak n.
Scotia RIld find his father end brothers, n
whose dehth 10 Bad never been Rppriasd, FL
! learned, after Fqaalitg hls ne3As,e t9Wq9, Slia
bic flil eEs and bgot3lets haa faatlen W. 3eti4s
9 and that Iii mother end segeEal young ebli
4 \ dren Bud removed away SAD nobody golt
, / give him any information ns to 4netr @ileie
4 | Silouts. Atonce big heart beeAtne gRd, alii
/ he Yenrlaed 10 zee his mother apd br9theE
: md BigterB EiIe purpose te md them sui
4 ordinated every dee u lig pljl9 and u
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\ fhe dear ones foT whom JIG Bas BeAfellAHe
d Alone, unknown ARG n strange places y
d ! MET with no eneoprag epeElt. And lls A9Al
finally senk Villain 4itA S5sgi M XII NM
u ANA kyni6leSE eliterpfiBe, which he'd cost M
I d snail fortune, AZ resolved y return q "
! West.
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